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Girls Study Group Pre-Conference Agenda

General Overview
8:15 - 8:45 a.m.
Margaret A. Zahn, North Carolina State University

Morning Sessions I
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
The Evidence Base for Girls' Violence
GSG-1A - Recent Trends in Girls' Delinquency: What We Know, Don't Know, Need to Know
GSG-2A - Using NIBRS to Analyze Patterns in Female Delinquency
GSG-3A - The Contexts of Girls' Violence: Focus Group Data and Implications for Girls' Programs
Session Abstracts
Speaker Bios

Break
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Morning Sessions II
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Evidence base for Pathways/Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency
GSG-1B - Developmental Sequences in Girls Delinquency
GSG-2B - Brain Development in Girls and Implications for Girls' Delinquency
GSG-3B - Social Influences on Girls' Delinquency: Generic and Gendered Processes
Session Abstracts
Speaker Bios

12 - 1:15 p.m.
Pre-Conference Keynote Lunch
Youth At Risk
Speaker: Karen J. Mathis
Grand Ballroom

Break
1:15 - 2 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions I
2 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
The Evidence Base for Girls' Programming Needs
GSG-1C - Effective Programs for Girls: Blueprints and Girls' Only Programs
GSG-2C - Risk and Assessment Instruments for Girls
GSG-3C - What's Missing From the Evidence Base in Evidence Based Programming?
Session Abstracts
Speaker Bios

Break
3:20 - 3:30 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions II
3 - 4:30 p.m.
Planning for Implementation
Giovanna Taormina, Girls' Cirlcle

For more information about GSG's pre-conference, contact:
Margaret Zahn
mzahn@rti.org
(919) 485-7767